spotlighting badgers

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buckstoducks

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im woundering on how to hunt badgers at night or day i no that thay dont come out alot in the day but want to spotlight them woundering what time of night thay come out. and how to hunt them?
thanks
buckstoducks
 
I've called and killed them both day and night. I always found them in or near areas that have a lot of ground squirrels. I've caught them digging in ground squirrel towns during the day.

As far as hunting them I don't do any thing different than for calling coyotes or bobcats. One of the fun things about calling predators is that a variety of animals may respond. Fox, coyotes, bobcats, badgers, deer, cattle, bears, cougars and sometimes people.
 
I've only killed 3 but it seems like they don't respond to the call as a coyote or bobcat would. They seem to like alfalfa fields. Grizz
 
what pk1 and griz said!! they will be around small animals they can dig up or around road kills! i have called them both day and night or have sit and watched for dust clouds when they are digging. there is alot of them along the co. river near the alfala fields. good luck and make sure they are dead before you grab one!! lol
 
I manage 7000 acres in Oregon. I have killed close to 200 badgers in 3 years.I killed the last one a few days ago.
When it is cool,(spring,fall) hunt the first and last hour of daylight.Glass from the feild edge,park your rig and get into a spot close to the badger. Closer is better,because they don't like to cover lots of ground.In the summer when its hot "hunt the weather". Badgers don't like heat,rain or wind.You can spotlight all night,and if its windy never see one,or on a calm cool night you can kill 4 or 5 in good country.
If calling, bird sounds work excellent,or rodent sounds.High pitch and fast chirps are the sounds that work best.Bear in mind lots of badgers will just poke their head up and look,but not come close.If this happens wait for them to "go down",and get as close as you can as fast as you can.get within 100yrds,get ready to shoot, then call.When the head pokes up,shoot!!!.
I have taken many paid hunters out after badgers,and on one day /night hunts I am 80%.There are lots of tricks, and the more badgers you hunt, the more you will learn.
If you want more info send a pm, I'll share somemore stuff with you.
This is one from a few days back.
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28# badger
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33# badger
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30# badger, caught with dogs
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The catch, I was takin pics, the "boys" killed the badger.He thought he was tough,but found out he wasn't.
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This is the result of 3 hours huntin at daylight.
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I don't want to jam you up with pics, I'm just showin that I "know alittle". If you really want some info,send a pm.
Duane.
 
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Wow.....I never thought about doing a badger rug mount. That's absolutely beautiful!

One thing I remember about badgers is that if the fat lays out in the sunlight for very long it has an awful and caustic odor to it. P U!
 
They absolutely DO come out in the day. You're the guy that PM'ed me right? While I haven't killed as many as Duane ( his info is sound), and I don't spotlight- I have killed well over 30 in the past few years- every single one during daylight. Like I told you don't hunt in wind, go home after 9:00 am or if it gets above 80 degrees. You live in Nampa right? I'm going to guess you've been trying a well known spot west of Caldwell- forget it. It's all shot out. I'm having better luck in other spots and seeing lots of them. You better get a spotlighting permit if you're gonna go out at night. You have to pick them up at the Dept. of Fish and Game on Powerline. They cost like 2.75. Start putting yourself out there and you will see them. Don't only try one spot- unless you intend on leaving them all for me. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif By the way, nice pics Duane. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
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